Massaging implement.



PATENTED Nov. 7, 1905.

A. U. PATGHEN. MASSAGING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.16,1904.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

speeineation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1905.

Application tiled April 16, 1904. Serial No. 201,877.

T0 ttZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALvAH U. PATCHEN, of Syracuse` in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Massaging Implements, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in massaging implements in which a reciprocatory element-carrying a contact device or beater is mounted in a suitable case or head and is actuated by a tiltable rotary element to transmit motion to one or more oscillatory contact devices or brushes, which move in a different direction from that of the reciprocatory member.

My object is to provide a simple massaging implement for treating the scalp or other parts of the body under a tapping or beating motion, as well as an oscillatory or brush mo-` tion, so that the device can be used for shampooing and other effective scalp treatment.

Another object is to enable the operator to regulate the intensity of degree of stroke of the beater and brushes through the medium of a single adjusting member while the movable parts, such as the beater and brushes, are in operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through my improved massagingimplement, showing the tilting collar in one of its extreme positions for producing the maximum movement of the beater and brushes, which are shown in their innermost positions. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, similar t0 Fig. 1, except that the righthand portion is broken away and the tilting collar is shown in elevation and as rotated a quarter-turn to move the beater and brushes to their extreme outer position. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2, except ,that the tilting collar and the ring mounted thereon are shown in an upright position or at substantially right angles to the axis of the driving-shaft. j

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

In carrying out the objects stated I provide a hollow metal case 1 with screw-caps 2 and 3 in its opposite ends and also with a hollow peripheral boss f1 near one end, as the lefthand end, Fig. 1. The opposite ends of the case 1 are threaded interiorly, and the caps2 and 3 are removably screwed into these ends.

The cap 2 is provided with an interiorthreaded socket 5, in which is screwed a hollow threaded bushing 6, which, together with the cap 2, forms a suitable bearing for one end of a shaft 7, and this end of the shaft is provided with an annular flange 8 within the bushing 6. Suitable ball-bearings 9 are interposed between the flange 8 and the inner end of the bushing 6, while additional ballbearings 10 are interposed between the outer face of the flange 8 and a suitable washer 11, which is seated in the ca'p 2, said ball-bearings serving to resist the endwise movement or thrust of the shaft 7, which extends through a central opening in the bushing 6, centrally thlough the case 1, and beyond its opposite en The cap3 is provided with a central threaded opening in which is screwed a threaded sleeve 12, having a hand-wheel 13 on its outer end, whereby the sleeve may be rotated, and thus moved endwise in one direction or the other, as may be desired, for the purpose of changing the tilting angle of the tilting collar presently described.

The outer end of the cap 3 is split at 14 and is threaded exteriorly on a taper toreceive an interiorly-threaded clamping-collar 15, whereby when the sleeve 12 is adjusted to the desired position the clamping-collar 15 is tightened to hold the sleeve in its adjusted position.

The sleeve 12 is of greater interior diameter than the inclosed portion of the shaft 7, which passes through it, and the interior is also threaded, but the' threads run opposite to those on the exterior, so that one is a righthand thread and the other a left-hand thread. The interior thread of this sleeve is engaged by a non-rotatable lengthwise bushing 16, which is threaded exteriorly to correspond with the interior threads of the sleeve 12 and extends beyond the opposite ends of said sleeve and also encircles the adjacentportion of the shaft 7. The inner end of the bushing 16 is preferably enlarged at 17 and is threaded exteriorly to receive an interior-threaded cup 18, having a central opening for the shaft 7. At the inner end of the cup is a rotary disk 19, having one end projecting through the central opening of the cup 18 and provided IOO with a cone 20. Suitable ball-bearings 2l are interposed between this cone and the inner end of the cup 18, while additional ballbearings 22 are interposed between theouter end face of the cone and a washer 23, which is seated in the end face of the bushing 16.

A tiltable collar 24 encircles the shaft'7 and is pivoted thereto at 25 between the disk 19 and bushing '6. The opening V26 in the collar 24 is elongated at its ends at right an'- gles to the axis of the pivot to allow for the desired tilting movement upon the pivot 25. This tilting collar is provided with a lug 27 on one end at one side of the shaft 7, to which is connected by a pivot 28 one end of a link 29, the other end of said link being pivoted at 30 to a lug 31 on the disk 19 at the opposite side of the shaft. the tilting collar 24, link 29, and disk 19 are exibly connected to each other and rotate with the shaft and that the disk 19 is locked from endwise movement to the inner endv of the bushing 16, except as the disk is moved by said bushing.

It has been previously stated that the bushing 16 may be adjusted endwise by means of the sleeve 12, which is formed with right and left hand threads, respectively, on its outer and inner surfaces, so that with the same pitch of thread in both instances the rotation ofthe sleeve 12 produces a quicker action or end Wise movement of the bushing 16, and thereby regulates the tilting angle of the collar 24.

A non-rotatable ring 32 encircles the collar 24 and rests upon suitable ball-bearings 33. I preferably provide two series of bearings for the ring 32, one series being interposed between one side of the ring and the adjacent end of the collar 24, and the other series are interposed between the other side of the ring and a suitable cone 34, which is screwed upon the collar 24 and is held in place by a lock-nut 35, also engaged with the end of the collar. The ring 32 is provided with aradial projecting lug 36, upon which is fitted a sleeve 37, having oppositely-projecting trunnions 38, said sleeve being held in place upon the stud 36 by means of a screw 39 and washer 40.

A cap 41 is screwed upon the threaded boss 4 and forms a part of the case 1, but projects laterally from the case at substantially right angles to the shaft 7, so that the boss 4 and cap 4l are directly opposite the tilting collar 24. This cap 41 is provided with a central opening or guide 42 at right angles to the shaft 7, in which is movable a reciprocatory element 43, having its inner end pivotally connected at 44 to one end of the link 45, the other end of said link being bifurcated, and its opposite arms are pivotally mounted upon the trunnions 38. The outer end of the sliding member -43 is provided with a tapering socket 46, in which is snugly fitted a tapering stem 47 of a beater 48. It is now apparent that as It is now apparent that,

the collar 24 is rotated by the shaft 7 recipro- 65 cating motion is imparted to the element 43 and beater 48 through the medium of the ring 32 and link 45 and that the stroke of the beater may be varied by varying the tilting angle of the collar 24, as previously described.

A pair of oscillatory brush-supports 50 are pivotally supported at 51 upon the cap 41 at "opposite'sides of the sliding member 43 and are'provided with brushes 52 at their outer ends. These rocking levers 50 are pivotally connected at 54 to opposite sides of the slid#` ing member 43, so that as this sliding member is reciprocated the levers 50 are rocked upon their pivots 51 to move the brushes 52 in vunison with the movement of the beater 47, but in different directions from the movement of said beater.

In the operation of my device the righthand end of the shaft 7 is connected to any power-transmitting mechanism-such, for instance, as a rotary flexible shaft-for rotating the shaft 7 and actuating the other movable parts connected to said shaft. The device is now taken in hand of the operator, and the parts 48 and 52 are brought into engagement with the parts of the body to be treated, the part 48 acting as a beater, and the parts 52 produce a pinching or wiping Yeffect upon the surface being treated, and these latter devices are particularly useful in shampooing the hair, the object being to produce a movement similar to the movement of the lingers in performing the same operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a massaging implement, the combina-- tion with a rotary shaft, of a collar rotatable with the shaft and tiltable axially, means to tilt the collar, a sliding beater-support connected to and actuated by the collar, and a rocking brush-su pport connected to and actuated by the beater-support.

2. In a massaging implement, the combination with a rotary shaft, a tiltable collar, rotating with the shaft, a non-rotatable ring on the collar, and a rocking brush-support operatively connected to and actuated by said ring.

3. In a massaging implement, the combination with a rotary shaft, a tiltable collar mounted upon and rotating with the shaft, a non-rotatable element movable axially of and actuated by said collar, and a pair of brushsupports operatively connected to and actuated by said element toward and from each other.

4. In a massaging implement, the combination with a rotary shaft, a tiltable collar mounted on and rotating with the shaft, an axially-movable sleeve on the shaft and connected to vthe collar to tilt the same, a nonrotatable ring `on the collar, a reciprocatory member connected toand actuated by the ring,

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a beater on vsaid member, and a brush-supmember connected to and actuated bythe ring, port movable in a different direction from a pair of oscillatory brushes moving in unison that of the beater and actuated by said memand operatively connected to and actuated by ber. the collar.

5 5. In a massaging implement, the combina- In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my I5 tion with a rotary shaft, a tiltable collar hand this 2d day of April, 1904. mounted on and rotating with the shaft, an ALVAH U. PATCHEN. axially-movable sleeve on the shaft and con- Witnesses: necteol to the collar to'tilt the same, a non- H. E. CHASE,

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